device_shutdown(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 NAME 💅

okay so bestie, meet device_shutdown — she's a section 9 girlie living in the Kernel API Manual, and her whole entire thing is literally: call ->shutdown() on each device to shutdown. that's it. that's the lore. no cap. 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void device_shutdown (void );

it's giving minimalism ✨ — void return, void arguments, not one single parameter. she walks in, takes up one line, and leaves 😭 iconic behaviour honestly.

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • void — no arguments. none. zero. not a single one, bestie. she doesn't want them, she doesn't need them, fr fr the list is just empty and that's on purpose 💀
not me double-checking that "no arguments" really means no arguments — yes queen, it does 🙈

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

so she lives in the kernel file ./drivers/base/core.c, and honestly the whole neighbourhood showed up to support her. this is the group chat, in order, no one gets left out 💖:

like, seventy-something besties and not one of them skipped 💀 the device code family is thriving.

no OPTIONS section, no DESCRIPTION section, no RETURN VALUE section — she said "I have one line of business and I'm sticking to it" and honestly? respect. 🎀

and that's the whole page, bestie!! written with love from <code>./drivers/base</code> 💜 dated October 2026 ✨ go forth and shut down your devices, slay 💅🌸

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